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								pass on or delegate to another The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital
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								be inherited by
 The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead
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								grow worse
 The discussion devolved into a shouting match
 
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			| 1. Devolve / Past devolved
 2. Devolve / Third Person
 devolves
 3. Devolve / Present Participle
 devolving
 
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